Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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LOCAL MATTERS. A Merry Christmas to all. Only one more week of 1898? Hairy Bott spent Sunday in Monticello. John Jessen was at Kentland on business a few days this week. Editor Clark and family visited Chicago last Sunday. W. H. Potts of near Mt. Ayr, was in the city Tuesday. W. H. Martin has gone to the soldiers’ home at Lafayette. Mrs. G. W. Goff is visiting friends in Englewood this week. Anthony Gallagher of Carpenter tp., was in the city Saturday. It is rumored that A. J. Kitt intends starting a new paper at Goodland. George Besse and Thomas Shew of Remington were in the city Wednesday. The Appelate court has decided that venders of “hop ale” must have a license. Miss Nellie Gardner is spending the holidays with her sisters and other friends at Attica. The Catholic people of Goodland are figuring on building a fine new church at that place. The December thaw struck us in good earnest Sunday, and the roads have become very bad again. M. A. McNichol of the Remington Press, is spending the holidays with his parents at Jamestown, Pa. A number of Rensselaer girls say they would like to be Hobsonized, and they’re not very particular whether Hobson does the job or not. , A large number of the Christian church people “surprised” Elder N. H. Shepherd and family last Tuesday night. A very pleasant time is reported. Geo. Taber of Remington, a son of ex-County Commissioner Taber, has gone to Schenectady, N. Y., where he takes a position with the Edison Electric Co. The first annual masquerade ball of the new volunteer fire department will be given in the hall over N. Warner & Son’s hardware store next Friday evening. John L. Munden, of Fair Oaks, an employe on the coal road, and Miss Louise Klouse, a daughter of Frank Klouse, of Remington, were married at the M. E, Manse last Tuesday.

Ora Yeoman has moved upon his father’s farm near Fair Oaks. A whole armload of old papers for a pickel at The Democrat office.* A. R. Nowels, who is attending St John’s school at Manlius, N. Y., is home for the holidays. Dr* and Mrs. H. L. Brown returnup Wednesday from a visit with jri ends at Evanston, IIL Postmaster Robinson has been confuted to his home by illness for the gjtst two weeks or more. A little snow and cooler weather Thumday night makes it appear rathe* more like Christmas time as it fhonld be. One of the alleged Flora bank robbers and another prisoner, who brokj jail at Delphi last week, were both |it liberty at last accounts. *» -1 John W. Wilson of Tippecanoe county, and Emma M. Peterson of Jasper county, were married by Esq. ; Burnham Thursday afternoon.. Home for the holidays: Frank and Bernard Maloy, Leo and Helen Tuteiir, of Notre Dame; Clifford Moody. of Mt. Vernon, Iowa; Bernice "Warren, of Grand Rapids, Mich, Conte in and subscribe for The Democrat for a year and send it to ya«ir friends living at a distance. It will be better than a letter to themSind a weekly reminder of the donoM Ernest Clark who has been assisting his brother Leslie, on the Journal, for several months past, will ejtiter the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Co., the first 6t the year. We want the people to attend the opening session of the FarmersMnstitute, beginning on Friday, January 18, at 9a. m. There will be an address on the subject, “The farm and the Farmer” which will be handled by Lee E. Glazebrook/and will be well worth ingThafef jaw a rat-killing time at Moody & Roth’s slaughter house the other day. Old rats, middleaged rats, young rats and rats were knocked in head right and left. Eighty-three of the rodents succumbed to club persuasion, and probably three times that number got away.

A bad gang of burglars and thieves have been captured at Mishawaka. It is claimed thatthey are the parties who have been doing a wholesale business in their line in northern Indiana for the past few years, and are the gang who robbed the Flora bank recently. They were arrested for robbing the Union Bank at Richland, Mich. Advertisers are not apt to take uote of journalistic changes which are constantly going on in a community. The advcacy of popular measures or popular men or a change in management often brings a paper from the rear way to the van gnard, clear ahead of all its competitors. Leaders who have long enjoyed prestige and popularity are oftimes relegated to the rear. Thus it sometimes happens that papers the publishers of which can put up a good bluff are often thrifty and prosperous on the strength of circulation which they enjoyed years ago, but which has long since departed. They are running the mill “with the water that has passed.”—Ex.

Mr. Chas. Schleman and Miss Nellie Malchow were married at the home of the bride in this city last Sunday afternoon, Rev. C. D. Jeffries officiating. The young couple will reside at Lowell where the groom is engaged in business. Lient. Hobson, who is gaining quite a reputation in the osculatory line, passed through Rensselaer last Sunday afternoon over the Monon. Hobson is receiving considerable assistance from the fair sex in making a damphool of himself. D. W. Shields left Tuesday, for Manchester, Tenn., to look after his property interests there. Mrs. E. H. Shields, his mother, accompanied him and will remain in the south during the winter. Dave expects to return in about two months for his family. The new fire alarm whistle was E laced in position iu the power ouse at the electric light and water works station and tested but its tone was considered too deep for a fire whistle and it has been sent back and one of the screamer order will be substituted in its stead.

/ The resolutions committee of the Valparaiso Epworth League sub-district convention which was recently held at Monon, took particular pains to censure the editor of the Monon News, over a little matter of an advertisement of a harness dealer in the convention programs, which particular section read: “To cure a balky horse, leave the women at home.” The advertisement in question, it appears, was inserted to fill up a space for which other copy had not be< n handed in, and if the News’ explanation of the trouble is correct, the resolutions committee did the editor of that paper a great injustice, and they owe him an apology-

Ed Phegley has disposed of his livery business to Maurice Gorin an and AugnstMalchow, who aro now in possession. The new proprietors are both nice young men and will treat their patrons right. We wish them abundant success. Mr. Phegley, it is understood, will go back to the farm.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, ’ Office First Stairs West of Post Office. RENSSELAER, IND. .... .. . imi-rtfn iigHienti«i - * ... . . 1 . ... *•..